The events depicted teach a useful lesson in how force begets more force. The rebellion ultimately fails, but as Spartacus says, rebellion against oppression is always valuable in itself as an affirmation of human dignity regardless of whether it is ultimately successful. It tells the story of Spartacus, a slave trained as gladiator who leads other slaves in a nearly successful rebellion and escape from the pre-Christian Roman Empire. Also in the plus column, some of the action scenes are remarkably realistic. The cast includes some of the best acting talent of the day, and the sheer number of actors and extras is astounding. This is a “big” picture, one of those epic spectacles made to bring the early television audiences of the 1960s back into the theaters. “One of the few movies ever made that really does justice to the word spectacle.”
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